Messi in search of the tenth

Leo Messi continues to be unstoppable as the weeks go by and he continues to knock in the goals. Last Sunday was no exception when he put his side ahead after an error by Camacho. He has 27 goals after the first half of the season and that is an incredible figure for anyone.

The Argentine striker has now scored in nine consecutive matches. The last time he left the pitch without scoring at least one goal was more than 2 months ago on the 3rd of November against Celta Vigo. Since then nobody can stop him.

He got two against Mallorca, Zaragoza and Levante, one against Athletic Bilbao, and then two more against Betis and Atlético Madrid. Before the trip to Málaga on Sunday he had grabbed a goal apiece against Valladolid and Espanyol. Fourteen goals in total in the last nine matches.

Málaga were already sick of the little Argentinian from last season when he got two hat-tricks in the two meetings between the clubs. Six days after winning his fourth consecutive Ballon d'Or he has once again shown that prizes do not affect his concentration. And he did not even get to debut a new pair of boots that he had had specially made for the occasion.